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Royal Caribbean has 45 sailings in 2024-25 Down Under season

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Ovation of the Seas will be based in Sydney, with Quantum of the Seas in Brisbane for the 2024-25 season
Between October 2024 and April 2025 Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas and Ovation of the Seas will make 45 sailings around Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Quantum of the Seas is returning to Australia for a third season and will be based at the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal.

From there she will operate 12 seven- to eight-night cruises to Vanuatu and New Caledonia and five four- to six-night Queensland getaways for snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef and visiting Airlie Beach and Cairns.

There is also a 14-night cruise to New Zealand, sailing around Milford Sound and visiting Auckland, the Bay of Islands, Tauranga, Napier and Wellington.

Ovation returns to Sydney

Ovation of the Seas returns to Sydney where she will operate six 10- to 11-night cruises to New Zealand, as well as offering cruises to Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

Both ships will operate two- to three-night getaways to nowhere.

Sales for the Down Under programme open May 4.